Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

climbable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables: climbable
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

able to be climbed

Example Sentences

"The sound of 'Shoot! Shoot!' got farther away—they were skipping for the nearest climbable trees."
"2015, Turtle Bunbury, "Beyond the blarney: the best hidden gems in Ireland" in The Guardian, Travel, 16 March, 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/mar/16/ireland-top-hidden-outdoor-cultural-attractions Dursey Island is a walkers’ paradise, celebrated for its nesting colonies of seabirds, the eminently climbable Cnoc Bólais hill and a signal tower built over 200 years ago to keep watch for Napoleon’s fleet."

Etymology

Etymology tree English climb Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English climbable From climb + -able.

Inflected Forms

more climbable (comparative) most climbable (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonclimbable

Synonyms

ascendable ascendible surmountable

Antonyms

unclimbable

Questions

What does climbable mean?: able to be climbed
Where does climbable come from?: Etymology tree English climb Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English climbable From climb + -able.

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